Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LH Information Theory and Coding
School	Mathematics
Department	Mathematics
Module Code	06 31330
Module Lead	Tan Xiaoqing
Level	Honours Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 1
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Restrictions	Available to only students on the Jinan programmes
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Description	Information theory and coding comes from effective and reliable communication problems. It is an important discipline that studies selection, access, measurement, transformation, transmission, processing, recognition and application of information. The module provides a theoretical basis for engaging in information science research and applications for the future. The basic concepts and methods of information theory and coding include communications system model, the measurement of information, maximum entropy principle, several non-distorted source encoding methods, discrete channel capacity, discrete channel encoding -- linear error correcting codes, consecutive source rate-distortion function, Gaussian channel model, and so on. The major teaching content of information theory and coding is expounding the fundamental theory about Shannon information theory, specific methods of source encoding, channel encoding, and trying to make information theory and actual practical closely integrated, Students gain a comprehensive and systematic understanding of information theory.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: To know production, development, application and the latest research results of the information theory To master the basic concept of information metric To understand and master the basic source encode theory To understand the basic concept of the channel and the channel capacity To master the basic channel coding theory, the maximum entropy principle To master several non-distorted source encode method and know the question about distorted source encode of communication network To know the related information theory application To know main points of code theory such as linear error correcting code and cyclic code
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Class test and group presentation (40%), Final examination (60%): a 2 hour examination Reassessment (where allowed): a 2 hour resit examination (100%).
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